CVE-2013-4306

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201310-21

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerabilidad cross-site request forgery (CSRF) en api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php en la extensión CheckUser para MediaWiki, posiblemente CheckUser anteriores a 2.3, permite a atacantes remotos secuestrar la autenticación de usuarios de forma arbitraria para peticiones que "realizan acciones de escritura sensibles" a través de vectores no especificados.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service. Versions less than 1.21.2 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-06-12 CVE Reserved
2013-10-11 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/96908	Broken Link
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62210	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86893	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html	2019-07-18
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45019	2019-07-18
https://git.wikimedia.org/commit/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FCheckUser.git/99ad25d066ce6111e798427cba7f21526827f651	2019-07-18

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				>= 1.19.0 < 1.19.8 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.19.0 < 1.19.8"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				>= 1.20.0 < 1.20.7 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.20.0 < 1.20.7"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				>= 1.21.0 < 1.21.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.21.0 < 1.21.2"		-		Affected